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In-Person and Online: Living Life Through the Dharma
with Jon Aaron
Thursdays, October 13th - November 10th, 2022 from 10:00am - Noon ET This extensive series will cover four major areas of the teachings over 20 weeks. One can sign up for the whole 20 weeks or each part separately. Part 1 is entitled Unquenchable Thirst and will cover the Buddha's teachings on dukkah or suffering. Find out moreOnline: The Brahma-Viharas – A Four Week Course on the Heart
with Amanda Gilbert
Tuesdays, February 7th - 28th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET
In this online four-week series, you’ll discover the heartful magic of the Buddha's Brahma-Vihara while being supported in a community of practitioners joining you in this deep dive.
Find out moreOnline: The Seven Factors of Awakening
with Elaine Retholtz
Mondays, April 17th, 24th, May 1st, May 15th, 22nd, June 5th, June 12th, 2023 from 9:30am - 11:30am ET
During this course will be exploring how to cultivate mindfulness in various aspects of our lives through Cultivating the Seven Factors of Awakening - wholesome qualities that help us remember and connect to the simple joys of non-clinging.
Find out moreOnline: Investigating the Three Characteristics of Existence
with Elaine Retholtz
Mondays, October 16th - November 13th, 2023 from 9:30am - 11:30am ET
Join New York Insight Teacher Elaine Retholtz for a five week online course on the Three Marks of Existence (impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and non-self), essential Buddhist teachings regarding the nature of experience.
Find out moreOnline: What’s Vedanā Got to Do With It?
with Elaine Retholtz
Mondays, April 1st - May 13th, 2024 from 9:30am-11:30am ETVedanā refers to the immediate feeling tone of pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral that arises in every moment of contact. In this course we will investigate our personal experience of vedanā, the role it plays in fueling craving and aversion, and the deeply ethical implications it has for our views, biases, and motivations for harm. Find out more